Clutch

strummers

First gig of the year Clutch supporting Thin Lizzy.

I love that band more and more each time I see them. Hope to hell they come back and do a headline tour - it's been way too long!! Managed to get a few photos before my SLR died, alas it bit the dust before getting over to Tim's side...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/strummers2505/

capthowdy1027

Those are some killer pictures, very nicely done.

I hope they tour again here soon as well. I haven't seen them since 1998. For some reason or another I keep missing them.

Heisenberg

Nice Work Strummers! :thumbup:

strummers

Cheers guys - capthowdy1027 you NEED to go see em again. I could see those guys every night and not get bored!!

Heisenberg - like the name and avatar. Just started watching Breaking Bad - great show!!

stargirl69

You are a great photographer,I thought they were professionally shot when I looked through them.Love Clutch,great live band,I never get bored of them.
Glad you enjoyed

strummers

stargirl69 wrote:

You are a great photographer,I thought they were professionally shot when I looked through them.Love Clutch,great live band,I never get bored of them.
Glad you enjoyed

Oh wow - cheers for that!

Would love to make some money out of it and one day shoot PJ.....

erocshifty

i didn't discover clutch until 06. when i did, though...it was instant love. i saw them while they were recording beale st. so many great albums. slow hole to china or live in flint are probably my faves.

Digital Twilight

erocshifty wrote:

i didn't discover clutch until 06. when i did, though...it was instant love. i saw them while they were recording beale st. so many great albums. slow hole to china or live in flint are probably my faves.

I only discovered them recently through a friend. They're really good, I hope its not long before they do their own tour in the UK. Would love to see them.

Heisenberg

Digital Twilight wrote:

I only discovered them recently through a friend. They're really good, I hope its not long before they do their own tour in the UK. Would love to see them.

a 2012 UK tour is listed on their site, just no confirmed dates yet. you should be getting them in the UK sooner rather than later

Digital Twilight

Heisenberg wrote:

Digital Twilight wrote:

I only discovered them recently through a friend. They're really good, I hope its not long before they do their own tour in the UK. Would love to see them.

a 2012 UK tour is listed on their site, just no confirmed dates yet. you should be getting them in the UK sooner rather than later

I saw that but they toured as Thin Lizzy's support act this year so I thought maybe that was why and the dates get taken down as they are played.

Heisenberg

Digital Twilight wrote:

I saw that but they toured as Thin Lizzy's support act this year so I thought maybe that was why and the dates get taken down as they are played.

I read somewhere a couple weeks ago that they would have 2012 dates announced soon. I remember some in North America, but Im pretty sure UK was listed as well

Digital Twilight

Heisenberg wrote:

Digital Twilight wrote:

I saw that but they toured as Thin Lizzy's support act this year so I thought maybe that was why and the dates get taken down as they are played.

I read somewhere a couple weeks ago that they would have 2012 dates announced soon. I remember some in North America, but Im pretty sure UK was listed as well

Sweet

I'll keep my eye out

dcfaithful

Great shots as always, strummers.

Clutch has been one of the best bands I've seen live. Easily one of the more fun most pits I've jumped in as well.

Heisenberg

dcfaithful wrote:

Easily one of the more fun most pits I've jumped in as well.

I saw them in Pittsburgh once where there was no barricade. Some drunken jackass kept getting onstage and refusing to jump back off. He kept dancing around like a fool and bumping into the band. Neil politely asked that if anyone got onstage to stage dive, that they do so quickly and not interfere with the band so that they could preform to the best of their abilities. The very next song, the same guy gets up (with no shirt), runs into Tim, almost knocking him over and causing him to screw up the guitar part to "A Shogun Named Marcus". Neil grabbed the dude by the scruff of his hair and tossed his ass into the crowd, then restarted the song. I love this band

strummers

dcfaithful wrote:

Great shots as always, strummers.

Clutch has been one of the best bands I've seen live. Easily one of the more fun most pits I've jumped in as well.

Cheers man. Yeah top 2 for me, would be a difficult decision if Clutch and PJ were playing the same night!!

I believe (or should that be hope) Clutch may possibly be over in the UK in May/June as they've booked a couple of Euro festivals around that time. Going to be one hell of a few months gig-wise if they do!

strummers

Heisenberg wrote:

dcfaithful wrote:

Easily one of the more fun most pits I've jumped in as well.

I saw them in Pittsburgh once where there was no barricade. Some drunken jackass kept getting onstage and refusing to jump back off. He kept dancing around like a fool and bumping into the band. Neil politely asked that if anyone got onstage to stage dive, that they do so quickly and not interfere with the band so that they could preform to the best of their abilities. The very next song, the same guy gets up (with no shirt), runs into Tim, almost knocking him over and causing him to screw up the guitar part to "A Shogun Named Marcus". Neil grabbed the dude by the scruff of his hair and tossed his ass into the crowd, then restarted the song. I love this band

Neil is a legend and watching JP is a show in itself!

Heisenberg

strummers wrote:

Neil is a legend and watching JP is a show in itself!

Yeah, they are all really good guys too. I've been lucky enough to meet all of them on a couple different occasions and they are all very friendly and gracious with their time.

I do miss Mick on keys though

strummers

Heisenberg wrote:

strummers wrote:

Neil is a legend and watching JP is a show in itself!

Yeah, they are all really good guys too. I've been lucky enough to meet all of them on a couple different occasions and they are all very friendly and gracious with their time.

I do miss Mick on keys though

Nice - I pretty much bump into JP at some point before the majority of shows (usually walking around with a book in hand) - a really great, humble, friendly and polite guy. He always says hello when he sees us now - and I have a fair amount of his sticks! Would love the chance to chat to Neil for a bit, I have a feeling he'd be an interesting guy to sit down with. Tim seems cool too and said a quick hello to Dan during an Anthrax set, but that's about it.

Yeah I miss the keys too - would also be great if they toured with Eric from Five Horse. The first time I saw them live over here he played with them and it was great!

Heisenberg

strummers wrote:

would also be great if they toured with Eric from Five Horse. The first time I saw them live over here he played with them and it was great!

Agreed

Heisenberg

Come and get em'

Clutch - North America 2012
co-headlining w/ Hell Yeah

Tuesday 04/10/2012 Norfolk, VA
Wednesday04/11/2012 Lancaster, PA
Thursday 04/12/2012 Clifton Park, NY
Friday 04/13/2012 Providence, RI
Saturday 04/14/2012 Atlantic City, NJ
Sunday 04/15/2012 Huntington, NY
Tuesday 04/17/2012 Stroudsburg, PA
Wednesday04/18/2012 Rochester, NY
Friday 04/20/2012 Traverse City, MI
Saturday 04/21/2012 Fort Wayne, IN
Sunday 04/22/2012 Toledo, OH
Monday 04/23/2012 Dayton, OH
Tuesday 04/24/2012 Madison, WI
Wednesday04/25/2012 West Des Moines, IA
Saturday 04/28/2012 Lincoln, NE
Sunday 04/29/2012 Boulder, CO
Tuesday 05/01/2012 Springfield, MO
Wednesday05/02/2012 Wichita, KS
Thursday 05/03/2012 Oklahoma City, OK
Friday 05/04/2012 Sauget, IL
Saturday 05/05/2012 Chattanooga, TN
Sunday 05/06/2012 Raleigh, NC
Tuesday 05/08/2012 Libertyville, IL
Thursday 05/10/2012 Rock Island, IL
Saturday 05/12/2012 Detroit, MI
Sunday 05/13/2012 Flint, MI

CLUTCH will also be returning to Europe this festival season. The band has been confirmed for the Sonisphere Festival in Madrid Spain on May 26th and the Peace and Love Festival in Borlänge, Sweden on June 29th. Additional festival appearances are expected to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

Jeff Murray

Sweet! The Lancaster show is just Clutch... definitely getting tickets for that show!

capthowdy1027

Jeff Murray wrote:

Sweet! The Lancaster show is just Clutch... definitely getting tickets for that show!

Dayton, OH show is just Clutch too! I'm there

Heisenberg

capthowdy1027 wrote:

Dayton, OH show is just Clutch too! I'm there

Have you looked at this place yet? It is a classic Clutch venue. I love seeing them in dives. I'll either be in Dayton or Detroit (or both) since they are both Clutch only. (Fingers crossed for either Bakerton Group as the opener, or 2 sets of Clutch). If I end up in Dayton, we'll have to grab a beer or 3.

capthowdy1027

Hell yeah that sounds good to me. First round's on me.

capthowdy1027

Heisenberg wrote:

capthowdy1027 wrote:

Dayton, OH show is just Clutch too! I'm there

Have you looked at this place yet? It is a classic Clutch venue. I love seeing them in dives. I'll either be in Dayton or Detroit (or both) since they are both Clutch only. (Fingers crossed for either Bakerton Group as the opener, or 2 sets of Clutch). If I end up in Dayton, we'll have to grab a beer or 3.

I'm considering making the trip to Detroit and Flint as well. They're a Saturday and Sunday, not too far from each other, and are both shows without Hell Yeah. Just gotta find a buddy to split the price of the trip with me.

Drowned Out

argh...first announcement I saw, the headline said 'North American tour'...nothing north about that american tour! :evil: Need some western Canadian headline dates, been way too long!
26 shows in a month...Clutch are fuckin touring maniacs, love it.

boyo79

Woo, a Clutch thread! These guys are awesome, I only heard about them 3 years ago and then saw at the Download Festival in the UK. I was gonna go see them in Manchester last month but had to pull out due to family reasons :( Will definitely be catching them next time they are over here! (As long as its not festival dates)

Pure Rock Fury and Blast Tyrant are my favourites, I'd put Blast Tyrant in my top 5 albums of all time!

strummers

Jealous!

It's been so long since the last UK headline tour. Hoping they'll put that right this year!

strummers

boyo79 wrote:

Woo, a Clutch thread! These guys are awesome, I only heard about them 3 years ago and then saw at the Download Festival in the UK. I was gonna go see them in Manchester last month but had to pull out due to family reasons :( Will definitely be catching them next time they are over here! (As long as its not festival dates)

Pure Rock Fury and Blast Tyrant are my favourites, I'd put Blast Tyrant in my top 5 albums of all time!

Their gigs are some of the best you'll see! Nothing better than hitting the road for a headline Clutch show!

Jason P

I have no desire to see Hell Yeah, but beggers can't be choosers.

Heisenberg

Jason P wrote:

I have no desire to see Hell Yeah, but beggers can't be choosers.

+1...Thankfully 2 of the 3 shows close to me are "sans Hell Yeah".